修行于定,
当愿众生,
以定伏心,
究竟无余。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品11: 第31偈)
[When] cultivating practice of concentration,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings’
with concentration subdue [their] minds,**
ultimately without residue.’***
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 31)
* with meditative practices (including chanting)
** by training for calmness and clarity
** of afflictions from the three poisons (of greed, hatred and delusion)